Month: July 2024

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Educators in Kansas’ largest public school district discriminated against Black and disabled students when disciplining them, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, which announced an agreement Tuesday that will have the district revising its policies. Changes the Wichita district has agreed to include restraining unruly students less often

By Associated Press PHOENIX — Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska said Wednesday that they turned in far more signatures than required to get ballot measures on abortion rights before voters in November’s election. In Nebraska, there could be two competing questions. One, like the Arizona proposal, would add a right to abortion to the state

By Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan said Wednesday that China warned its coast guard against interfering in the detention of a Taiwanese fishing boat, in what was seen as Beijing’s latest attempt to assert its territorial claims in the Taiwan Strait. The incident comes as tensions have risen following the election of Taiwanese President

By Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. — Enforcement of a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students has been blocked in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere by a federal judge in Kansas. U.S. District Judge John Broomes suggested in his ruling Tuesday that the Biden administration must now consider whether forcing compliance

By Associated Press LeBron James is making it official: He’s coming back for a record-tying 22nd season in the NBA, one where the league’s all-time scoring leader could share the floor with his son Bronny as teammates with the Los Angeles Lakers. James has agreed to a two-year contract to remain with the Lakers, a

By Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica — Hurricane Beryl was roaring by Jamaica on Wednesday, with islanders scrambling to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean. In Kingston, people boarded up windows, fishermen pulled their boats out of the water and

By Associated Press Richard Petty, with a record 200 Cup Series wins, seven championships and a first-ballot inductee into the Hall of Fame, is considered NASCAR’s greatest driver. He is spending the season celebrating 75 years of NASCAR participation by his famous family — basically since the inception of the stock car series in 1948

By Associated Press Jordan Spieth returns to the John Deere Classic for the first time since he won a playoff in 2015. Just don’t get the idea this is some kind of nostalgia tour. He needs the points. Spieth started the year guaranteed starts in all eight of the PGA Tour’s signature events and finished

By Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water

By Jacob Meikel New Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Carson Wentz has been around the block, making Kansas City the latest organization in his nine-year NFL journey. The former No. 2 overall pick in the 2016 Draft landed on his fifth team when he signed with Kansas City in early April. Wentz has been tasked with

By Associated Press JERUSALEM — Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that is likely to worsen already soaring tensions linked to the war in Gaza. Israel’s aggressive expansion in the West Bank reflects the settler community’s

By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden defiantly vowed on Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness. He said he would not be forced from the race. “I am running. I am the leader of

By Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Zack Littell pitched five innings of four-hit ball before rain arrived, four Tampa Bay relievers allowed one run once play resumed, and the Rays beat beat the Kansas City Royals 5-1 in a game that ended just after midnight Wednesday. Brandon Lowe homered, Isaac Paredes drove in a

By Associated Press JAMMU, India | The putrid smell of burning garbage wafts for miles from the landfill on the outskirts of Jammu in a potentially toxic miasma fed by the plastics, industrial, medical and other waste generated by a city of some 740,000 people. But a handful of waste pickers ignore both the fumes